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Three MiG jet aircraft depicted in staggered formation flying to the left, rendered within a horizontally lined rectangular field occupying the central area of the coin. The date '2005' appears above the central design in the upper field. The denomination '100' in large numerals with the Armenian word 'ԴՐԱՄ' (Dram) below is inscribed at the bottom. The Armenian legend 'ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆԻ ՀԱՆՐԱՊԵՏՈՒԹՅԱՆ ԿԵՆՏՐՈՆԱԿԱՆ ԲԱՆԿ' (Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia) encircles the design along the rim. |
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A three-quarter facing portrait bust of aircraft designer Artem Mikoyan occupies the right-center field, rendered in high relief with fine detail. Behind the portrait, technical engineering schematics and blueprint-style drawings of MiG aircraft are depicted in the background field, evoking Mikoyan's legacy as a pioneering aviation engineer. The birth and death years '1905 1970' appear in the lower left of the field. The subject's name is inscribed in Armenian script 'ԱՐՏԵՄ ՄԻԿՈՅԱՆ' along the lower rim and in Latin script 'ARTEM MIKOYAN' along the right side of the field. |
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Artem Mikoyan was born in 1905 in the village of Sanahin in what is now northern Armenia, and the 2005 issue marks the centenary of his birth. He co-founded the MiG design bureau with Mikhail Gurevich in 1939, and the bureau's aircraft became central to Soviet air power through the Cold War — the MiG-15 alone shocked Western forces when it appeared over Korea in 1950, outperforming nearly every aircraft the UN could field at the time.
Mikoyan died in 1970, never holding Armenian citizenship, having spent his entire career within the Soviet military-industrial apparatus in Moscow.